Washing machine



M. WAGNER June 1 9, 11923.

WASHING MACHINE Filed Feb. 14. 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 June 19, 1923.1,459,,"07

M. WAGNER WASHING MACHINE Filed Feb. 14, 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 gnuzwlozJune 119, 1923. ILAiSQfiWZ I M. WAGNER WASHING MACHINE Fi led Feb. 141922 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented June 19, 1.923.

MARTIN VJAGNER, OF ARGTJ'SVILLE, NORTH DAKOTA.

WASHING MACHINE.

Application filed February 14, 1922. Serial No. 536 476.

To all whom tma a concern.

Be it known that I, MARTIN WAGNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Argusville, in the county of Cass, State of North Dakota,have invented a new and useful Washing Machine; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to washingmachines and has for its object toprovide a device of this character comprising a water receivingreceptacle, said receptacle having disposed therein a collapsibleclothes receiving receptacle, and to provide crank and connecting rodmeans whereby said 001- lapsible receptacle may be intermittentlycollapsed for imparting a squeezing action upon the goods within thereceptacle. Also to provide a rigid cover for the collapsiblereceptacle, said rigid cover being provided with a plurality ofdownwardly extending helical springs, againstwhich springs the clothingis forced during a collapsible operation of the collapsible receptacle.

A further object is to provide a collapsible receptacle for thereception of clothes, said receptacle being formed from a plurality ofslats held together by pliable members thereby allowing the slats to becollapsed and to provide vertically disposed" guide members for guidingthe slats in their. upward and downward movement during a collapsingoperation.

A further object is to provide operating means for collapsing thecollapsible receptacle, said means comprising connecting rods pivoted tothe lower end of the receptacle at opposite sides thereof, saidconnecting rods having their upper ends pivotally connected to wristpins and carried by rotatable shafts. The outer end of the rotatableshafts is provided with sprockets. said sprockets having extendingaround them and around the sprockets carried by a main drive shaftsprocket chains. The main drive shaft is adapted to be rotated manuallyor through the medium of power belted thereto.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings F igure l is a top plan view of the washing machine,part being broken awayto show the interior structure.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken on line 22 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on line 33 ofFigure 1.

Figure 4 is. a detail perspective view of portions of the adjacent slatsof the collapsible receptacle, showing the method of supporting theupper end of'the receptacle.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a base forsupporting the main washing machine receptacle 2, which receptacle maybe of any shape, round, square or oblong, however for purposes ofillustration the same is shown oblong shaped. The reeeptacle 2 isprovided with a cover 3 formed from hinged sections a, which arehingedly connected together at Cover 3 rests on cleats 6 and is held inplace by means of hinged members 7 whereby access may be had to theinterior of the receptacle 2 for placing clothing in the machine.

Disposed within the chamber 8 of the receptacle 2 are transverselydisposed cleats 9, which cleats are in the same horizontal plane andhave disposed thereon longitudinally disposed bars l0,said barshavingtheir ends secured to cleats 9, and secured to said bars 10 and totransversely disposed bars 11 and connecting the bars 10 and 11 togetherare vertically disposed guide bars. The guide bars 12 prevent outwardbulging of the sides 13 of the collapsible receptacle 14 during aclothes squeezing operation, at which time the receptacle 4 iscollapsed. Receptacle 14' is formed from a plurality of slats 15 whichare connected together by flexible members 16. Flexible members 16 allowthe collapst ble receptacle to be collapsed when the transverselydisposed bars 17 are forced upwardly by upward pulls imparted on theconnecting rods 18. The upper ends of the connecting rods 18 arepivotally connected at 19 to wrist pins carried by discs 20. Discs 20are carried by shafts 21 on the outer ends of which sprockets 22 aresecured. It will be seen that when the collapsible receptacle is full ofclothing and the discs 20 are rotated that there will be an intermitetent collapsing and extending of the collapsible receptacle l l therebysqueezing the clothing and expelling the water and dirt therefrom.During this operation it is essential to have resilient means againstwhich the clothing is forced or otherwise the collapsible receptacle iftoo full of clothing would not collapse sufficiently to allow rotationof the discs 20. To overcome this difiiculty helical springs 23 areprovided, which helical springs are carried by the removable cover 24,which normally closes the upper end of the collapsible receptacle and isheld closed by pivoted members 25..

llotatably mounted in bearings 26 of the base 1 is a centrally andtransversely disposed drive shaft 27', the ends of whichareprovided withsprockets 28, and around said sprockets and around the sprockets 22,upwardly extending sprocket chains 29 pass. It will be seen that whenthe drive shaft 27 is rotated that the disc will be simultaneouslyrotated in such a manner that the collapsible receptacle 14 will becollapsed upwardly and that as the discs'20 continue to rotate thecollapsible receptacle will be allowed to expand under the influence ofthe clothing and also under the in fluence of the downward movement ofthe bar 17. Shaft 27 may be driven from an electric motor or any othersource of power through the medium of a belt 30, which belt extendsaround a pulley 81. If so de sired a handle member may be placed on therectangular shaped portion 32 of the shaft 27, thereby allowing theshaft to be rotated manually if so desired.

From the above it will be seen that a washing machine is providedwherein a collapsible receptacle is utilized and the parts reduced to aminimum thereby allowing the machine to be cheaply manufactured.

The upper end of the collapsible receptacle le may be secured in anysuitable manner to the upper ends of the guide bars 12,

however for purposes of illustration the upper ends of the guide bars 12are provided with pivoted T-shaped members 33 which pass throughelongated apertures in the upper slats 15, said apertures beingdesignated by th numeral 84.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulis 1. A washing machine comprising a main receptacle and an auxiliaryreceptacle for the reception of articles to be washed, said auxiliaryreceptacle being formed from a plurality of members, said plurality ofmembers being connected together by pliable members, means forintermittently collapsing and extending said collapsible receptaole, aremovable cover carried by the auxiliary receptacle and spiral springscarried by said auxiliary receptacle cover and extending down into theupper end of the auXil iary receptacle.

2. A washing machine comprising a main receptacle and an auxiliaryreceptacle for the reception of articles to be washed, said auxiliaryreceptacle being formed from a plurality of members, said plurality ofmembers being connected together by pliable members thereby allowing thereceptacle to be collapsed, shafts on the main receptacle, a crank oneach shaft, connecting rods connected to the lower end of said auxiliaryreceptacle, the upper ends of said connecting rods being ivotallyconnected to said cranks, sprockets carried by said shafts, a main driveshaft disposed below the main receptacle, said drive shaft beingprovided with sprockets, sprocket chains extending around said lastnamed sprockets and around the first named sprockets carried by thecrank shafts, and means whereby the main drive shaft may be rotated.

In testimony whereof. I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARTIN WAGNER.

l/Vitnesses:

C. B. VoeEN, GEO. G. KEN'L,

